We are pleased, as your general president and transportation division president, to present the first SMART Constitution and ritual to our membership. This is a milestone for both the former Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association and the United Transportation Union, t [...]
We are pleased, as your General President and Transportation Division President, to present the first SMART Constitution and Ritual to our membership. This is a milestone for both the former Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association and the United Transportation Union th [...]
TotalTrack, the database system that puts all apprentice and training journeymen information in one place, has been installed in all U.S. training centers. Developed by the International Training Institute, TotalTrack simplifies the work of instructors and training coordinato [...]
Red Wing Shoes has recalled 42 styles of steel toe safety footwear. A defect in the steel toe cap may result in the cap failing to meet voluntary industry safety standards and may not withstand impact. The footwear was sold between December 2012 and November 2013. There are [...]
WASHINGTON Two Senate committee chairmen asked the secretaries of transportation and energy on Thursday to take “prompt and decisive action” to resolve recent safety problems with crude oil transported by rail. A series of fiery derailments, including a deadly wreck in Quebec [...]
On Dec. 30, BNSF Railway executive chairman Matthew Rose told the Dallas Business Journal that his sprawling 32,000-mile railroad would move 1 million barrels of crude oil every day by the end of 2014, nearly a seventh the total amount that was produced in the United States i [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp called on the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to release information on its inspections of the rail where a train recently derailed in North Dakota. Noting that four derailments have occurred in the Casselton area in nine y [...]
OMAHA, Neb. – Union Pacific Jan. 8 announced that Joseph O’Connor and D. Lynn Kelley will assume new positions within the organization. O’Connor, currently vice president of purchasing, has been named vice president of labor relations. He will lead the organizatio [...]
Pursuant to Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) § 211.45, the Federal Railroad Administration’s (FRA) administrator, Joseph C. Szabo, has determined that current conditions of extreme cold, ice, and severe winter weather in various parts of the United States con [...]
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer on Jan. 6 called for an overhaul of old rail tank cars used to carry crude oil after a spate of explosive derailments over the past year. The New York Democrat joined a growing number of politicians concerned about the safety of transpor [...]
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